Bicycle-stand



(No Model.)

I. I. FUNDA. l 4 BICYCLE STAND.

No.` 529,827. Patented Nov. 27, 1894.

lllllllllnlll llllllllllllllllllllml UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC I. FONDA, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BICYC LE-STAN D.

vsPncIFIcA'rIonr ferming part' ef Letters Patent No. 529,827, aeteaNovember 27, 1 894.

Application filed May23,1894 Serial No. 512,211. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ISAAC I. FONDA, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful 5 Improvementin Bicycle-Stands, which will, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings,

be hereinafter fully described, and specifically defined in the appendedclaims.

In said drawings: Figure'l, is' a top plan View of my invention.: Fig.2. is an inverted or under side plan view of the invention shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3. is a side elevation of Fig. 1 taken as viewed from thenear side of said Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a central section on line fr, Fig.2. Fig. 5. is a modification of the means of connecting together thearms that are beneath the bed and Fig. 6. is yet another modificationtothe same purpose.

This invention lrelates to stands in which bicycles are placed when notin use; and it consists in a base having two arms rising above the sameand pivoted thereto and provided with interlocking arms actuated by aspring so that said vertical arms move in unison toward and lfrom cachother, there being treadles connected with `said arms by which they canby the' action of the foot be moved apart and are moved toward eachother by said spring, said arms being at their top formed to receive andhold the part of the bicycle that is presented thereto, all as will beherein specified and claimed.

Referring to said drawings A represents the bed of my bicycle standwhich is preferably of about equal sides, and having rounded corners asshown, and there is preferablyformed in the top thereof a groove ct bythe depression of the top as shown at b, such depression extendingnearly but not entirely across said bed.l At each of the four corners ofbed A is inserted the screw c which passing through the side wall of Aserve as pivots on which rods d, d are mounted. Oentrally on said rods dare the arms e, e which pass loosely up through bedA and extending abovethe same serve as will be explained to grasp and hold the bicycle. Fromsaid arms e and extending out through bed A are the short arms f that attheir outer ends support side of bed A where groovect'does not extend,

the small treadle pads g, gas shown;""""Attle" a pair of armsl h formedupon or attached to rods cl extend inward'and at their meetlng ends aretoothed together as shown at t Flg. 4. Spring j, j, of elastic wire, islaid along the sides of the wall b of groove a, and is held in place bythe binders lo, lo secured to bed A, its front or loop end passingbeneath the pin l that extends from one of the arms hfor that purpose,said spring thus constantly tendlng by its downward pressure on arms hto force arms e inward. At the top of arms e they are formed with openlips m and n thus leaving a recessed throat q in which the rods of thebicycle are grasped and held, a properly formed elastic rubber cap pbeing drawn over said lips and throat and being self retained in placeby its clinging to the ribsformed adjacent to the outlines of saidthroat.

Instead of interlocking the ends of arms h as shown in Fig. 4L they maybe connected by a link 7 as shown in Fig. 5; or they may be connected asshown in Fig. 6, where an elongated hole 8 is formed in one arm and apin 9 inserted in the other arm extends into said hole so that the twoarms must move together. The rods d can be formed integral with arms e,or said rods may be linserted in the lower ends of said arms e, as shownat the left 1n Fig. 4, and the rods f, may be formed integral with armse or they may be inserted therein, and the treadle pads g may be formedas part of rods f, or said rods may be inserted in said ads. f p It willbe obvious that various changes may be made in the details of myinvention without departing from the essential nature thereof.

Instead of a spring as shown at j a coiled or a leaf spring canbeemployed if in any case eitheris desired. The inward movement of armse may be controlled by screws 1l, threaded in the top of base A. fiHaving thus explained my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Inabicycle support, the combination of a suitable base, a pair of pivotedarms adapted to grasp the bicycle, rising above said base, a spring toforce said arms inward'or toward each other and a device arranged to beactuated by the foot of the user toforce said arms asunder, allsubstantially as specified.

2. In a bicycle holder the combination of a IOO base, as A, a pair ofpivotal arnns as e, a treadle arms h intel-locked and actuated by aspring, or treadles g, arranged to force said arms substantially asspecified.

apart, and a spring as j to force said arms to- Ward cach other,substantially as specified. ISAAC I. FONDA.

5 3. In a bicycle holder, the combination of Witnesses:

bed A, arms e formed to grasp lalle bicycle and T. W. PORTER, providedwith pvotcd rods CZ, treadles g and N. W. GREEN.

